Tuesday, December 12, 2023

DON COOPER - Don Cooper (1969)


Roulette - SR-42025

Country:Us

Released:1969


Tracks Listing

01 - Big Sur Mountain 3:24

02 - Captain Spangles' Crystal Song 2:51

03 - Whither Thee Girl 2:25

04 - Tina's Magic 2:28

05 - Hey Little Flower 2:32

06 - Cotton Candy Dreams 3:15

07 - Home Again 2:40

08 - Alice (Song For) 2:30

09 - Easily Said 2:04

10 - Flying Free 3:10

11 - Miss Georgia 6:13

12 - Hold Some Tears - Hey Mom 0:48


Line Up / Musicians

Don Cooper - Composer, Guitar, Primary Artist, Vocals

Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Al Rogers, Herb Lovelle - Drums

Dixon Van Winkle - Bass

Gary Mallaber - Vibraphone

Hugh McCracken, John Plutonia - Guitar

Paul Griffin - Keyboards

Richard Davis, Terry Plumeri - Bass

Toots Thielemans - Guitar, Harmonica


Don Cooper was a promising folk-style singer/songwriter who enjoyed some modest success -- mostly on-stage -- during the early '70s. Coming up as he did amid the singer/songwriter boom of the era -- dominated by the likes of James Taylor, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, and Loudon Wainwright III -- he got lost in the shuffle, perhaps because he was signed to a label (Roulette) that was positioned badly, in terms of image and distribution, to break an artist working in his particular genre. This album is his debut, and he would go on to release a couple more ....


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